For the purpose of determining medical assistance for institutional care program eligibility under the Public Assistance Act, the community spouse resource allowance for a community spouse as defined and authorized by the federal Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 shall be a minimum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).
History: Laws 1987, ch. 16, § 1; 1989, ch. 74, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the federal Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-360), see Titles 26 and 42 of the United States Code.